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TGFTI Volume 2: Episode 8 – For Your Consideration, Do Awards Really Matter?

Herr Voodul — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 18:05:30 +0000

Not satisfied with how you did in your Oscar pool? Then grab a red pen and jot down your corrections as Aaron and Nathan debate about whether awards really matter.

And if that wasn’t enough for you, here are our BAD ASS THINGS OF THE WEEK!

Meet Vaughan Ling, a transportation design student in Detroit, Michigan, and quite possibly the world’s first Space Garbage Man.

Story found via io9.com

And in other news from the citizens of Detroit:

Not to be confused with Baby Robocop:

Join us next week, as we travel back to the 1960’s in our brand new (or borrowed) Way Back Machine!

TGFTI Volume 2: Episode 7 – Hidden Gems!

Herr Voodul — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:03:04 +0000

Dust off some of your old favorites and compare with some of Aaron and Nathan’s favorite Hidden Gems!

And in case you wanted to discover them yourself, here are a few of the titles we mentioned:

And now, for our BAD ASS THINGS OF THE WEEK!

Justin Moran and the Peoples Improv Theater in New York have decided to throw down against the over-budget, over-schedule, and over-hyped Spiderman: Turn off the Dark Musical with their own project. As they tell it, “Zero Dollars – 30 Days – The First Spiderman Musical to Officially Open in NYC.”

And independent DJ and remix artist Max Tannone was so inspired by Duncan Jones 2009 movie MOON that he and lyricist Richard Rich decided to use Clint Mansell’s score to create The Selene Project. A 5 track hip-hop EP dedicated to the movie.

Join as next week as we discuss whether Awards are really worth it!

TGFTI Volume 2: Episode 6 – Call in Sick!

Herr Voodul — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:21:36 +0000

Call your boss and tell him or her you won’t make it in today, because your staying at home and listening to Aaron and Nathan talk about their favorite things to do when they spend the day Sick At Home.

And if that doesn’t work, then why not take a look at our BAD ASS THINGS OF THE WEEK!

If you’re in Austin this month, check out Salvage Vanguard Theater’s performance of Heddatron, featuring robots as robots.

Or check out the alleged 8-bit NES version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great American novel The Great Gatbsy… for NES!

Brought to us by Charlie Hoey and Pete Smith.

And bringing our literary bent full circle, consider contributing to an update of another American classic, Huckleberry Finn, with this project that plans to replace all uses of the N-word with the word “Robot”.

Join us next week as we share a few of our favorite Hidden Gems.

TGFTI Volume 2: Episode 5 – Get Animated!

Herr Voodul — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 18:00:28 +0000

Get drawn in to Aaron and Nathan’s conversation about the wide world of Animation.

Here are more than a few of our favorites:

And now, for our BAD ASS THINGS OF THE WEEK:

BBC News reported on a new project by European scientists to give robots a shared database of knowledge and experience. We know it by it’s mythological name, SKYNET. They’re calling it:

And Aaron recently discovered that the University of Chicago Press has been re-issuing the entire series of Parker novels [the first of which was adapted most recently as Mel Gibson's Payback] by author Richard Stark (a.k.a. Donald Westlake):

Join us next week as we take some time off work and stay Sick at Home!

TGFTI Volume 2: Episode 4 – Oscars First Look

Herr Voodul — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 00:37:07 +0000

We’re you up at 5:30 am PDT on Tuesday? Neither were Aaron and Nathan. But when they did wake up, they took a look at the Oscar nominations, and now they have some thoughts to share.

Download your copy of the official Oscar ballot here. The show airs February 27th at 8pm E/5pm P on ABC.

And now, for our BAD ASS THINGS OF THE WEEK!

Rumors on the grid say that a trailer for Tron 3 will be included as a bonus on the blu-ray for Tron: Legacy.

And RIM Development Manager Tim Neil has started a blog about his process of building his own cell phone controlled Batmobile.

TGFTI Volume 2: Episode 3 WE WANT REVENGE!

theNaJo — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:33:47 +0000

Stand out of the way but within earshot as Aaron and Nathan get revenge on their favorite … revenge … movies of all time.

Here are some of the movies that inspired us to vengeance:

And if that wasn’t bad ass enough, here are our BAD ASS THINGS OF THE WEEK!

GetGlue - it's like FourSquare for what you read, watch or listen to.

And watch out for RUBBER. It’s like SCANNERS with a tire. (No condoms were referenced in the naming of this movie.)

Join us next week as we analyze the nominations for James Franco and Anne Hathaway’s Academy Awards!

TGFTI: Volume 2 Episode 2 – Video Games Live!!

Herr Voodul — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 20:45:50 +0000

Pick up your controller and join the game as Aaron and Nathan talk about their life long love affair with video games in all dimensions.

Here are some the exciting upcoming games Aaron mentioned:

And for the second time this year, it’s our BAD ASS THINGS OF THE WEEK!

Bond is Back! For his 23rd adventure on the big screen November 9, 2012

Thank you to "Geek with Curves" Amy Ratcliffe for pointing out another reason to rewatch Firefly.

TGFTI: V2 Episode 1 – 2011, The Best to Come!

Herr Voodul — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 02:39:12 +0000

Start the year of right by hoping for the best, and follow Aaron and Nathan through their most anticipated happenings in 2011.

And for the first time this year, it’s BAD ASS THINGS OF THE WEEK!

Romantically Apocalyptic Episode 5

TGFTI: Episode 18 – Best of 2010!

Herr Voodul — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 06:55:29 +0000

[Note: the episode was posted a couple of days late due to an excess of holiday cheer]

Aaron and Nathan take a premature look back at what entertained them the most in 2010.

Among their top picks of the year, either objectively or subjectively:

And we wouldn’t leave you without one more BAD ASS THING OF THE WEEK:

Aaron was deeply affected by this sad retelling of the Assassination of Yogi Bear by the Coward Boo Boo.

And Nathan continuously reaches beyond his grasp and across the pond, this time to a mobile movie theater run on solar power.

Say hello to The Sol Cinema - World's Smallest Solar Movie Theatre

Have a great Holiday Season, and see you again in 2011!

TGFTI: Episode 17 – WHAT WENT WRONG?

Herr Voodul — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 21:35:53 +0000

Stumble in on Aaron and Nathan’s conversation about what went wrong on some of this decade’s bad projects.

In case you want to relive any of those memories, or just study the aftermath, here are a few of the flops we mentioned:

And to cleanse your pallet, here’s our BAD ASS THINGS OF THE WEEK!

Aaron is geeked out about engineers at the University of Bristol working on the technology that could lead to a real-life Sonic Screwdriver!

Is this the next Doctor Who? (Image by Nick Riddle)

And Nathan is looking for financial assistance from MIT Media Lab’s Proverbial Wallets. They provide tactile feedback based on how much money you have, you have spent, or you shouldn’t be spending:

Proverbial Wallets from John Kestner on Vimeo.

Don’t forget to check in next week for our last podcast of the year. BEST OF 2010/PREDICTIONS FOR 2011.